Divergirl
Member
Hi All....as most of you know, I am the 2nd owner of my 2002 41 PC, and I have owned it 20 years. She is a well- maintained vessel. She is listed and as it is not an emergent situation, if she doesn't sell that's ok. As most of my friends have left south Florida, I have lost a lot of support, whether it be hurricane prep, general maintenance, cleaning, etc. That was really my impetus for selling. If I keep her, I guess I have to make new boat loving friends! 
Since I have owned her, there has always been some amount of water in the bilge. Through the years, each & every person who has performed work which involved being in the engine room, would say "why is there water in the bilge"? I actually contacted Formula and was told that the 41 PC is a "wet boat" and there is nothing wrong with some water in the bilge. As I have replaced pumps when necessary and, she has never sunk, I was ok with it. In the process of cleaning her up for sale, the guy I hired, Oscar, and who was recommended by the broker, has done such a fabulous job, I am reluctant to sell. The whole engine room has been redone...engines cleaned & painted...a brand new floor...it looks great, like new. During this whole "getting the boat ready for sale" process, he found that the hoses/tubes for the bilges needed replacing, and they were. I came home one day to find what looked like a long, dead snake on the dock. So now, the mid and aft bilges are clean and dry as a bone. Is it possible those hoses needed replacing when I bought her? She was only 1 1/2 when she came to live at my dock. It's a boat...anything is possible, right?
Here is my question....as Oscar was spending so much time in the engine room, he did not know that there was a third forward bilge in the salon, in one of the floor holds. When he proudly showed me the clean, dry bilges in the engine room, I said how does the forward look? He said "what forward"? When we looked, it of course, had water in it as it always has. He asked me what I though created the water in the forward bilge. I said "no clue".
Anybody know?
"tanks",
Divergirl
Since I have owned her, there has always been some amount of water in the bilge. Through the years, each & every person who has performed work which involved being in the engine room, would say "why is there water in the bilge"? I actually contacted Formula and was told that the 41 PC is a "wet boat" and there is nothing wrong with some water in the bilge. As I have replaced pumps when necessary and, she has never sunk, I was ok with it. In the process of cleaning her up for sale, the guy I hired, Oscar, and who was recommended by the broker, has done such a fabulous job, I am reluctant to sell. The whole engine room has been redone...engines cleaned & painted...a brand new floor...it looks great, like new. During this whole "getting the boat ready for sale" process, he found that the hoses/tubes for the bilges needed replacing, and they were. I came home one day to find what looked like a long, dead snake on the dock. So now, the mid and aft bilges are clean and dry as a bone. Is it possible those hoses needed replacing when I bought her? She was only 1 1/2 when she came to live at my dock. It's a boat...anything is possible, right?
Here is my question....as Oscar was spending so much time in the engine room, he did not know that there was a third forward bilge in the salon, in one of the floor holds. When he proudly showed me the clean, dry bilges in the engine room, I said how does the forward look? He said "what forward"? When we looked, it of course, had water in it as it always has. He asked me what I though created the water in the forward bilge. I said "no clue".
Anybody know?
"tanks",
Divergirl
